Butterbean might hit a pay day here. Johnson was tall. He would have lost leverage hitting downward on the short Buttebean. Johnson was a clincher. Any way he would try to clinch the Bean, would make Johnson's gut an open target for Butterbean's sledge hammer blows. Johnson should win due to his superior skill, but this is a fight that Butterbean could unveil a surprise.
Silly. Johnson wins every second in a horrible mismatch. Completely unskilled fighter vs one of Boxings elite. It goes as long as Johnson wants it to go.
Butterbean fought Larry Holmes; that is the single fight that was not set up. He still lost to Mitchell Rose and guys got fired over that. He was NEVER a serious pro fighter.
No, it is a mismatch of epic proportions. The only surprize Butterbean might spring, is what colour his blood would dry up, when it got splattered around!
I’ve go to wonder if Jack London would describe Butterbean’s physique using the same “curiously” adoring superlatives he afforded to Jeffries. Was London answering to his own Call of the Wild? Haha. Anyway, the “Primordial”’ adjective definitely fits the Bean and I bet Esch, who on appearances just has to be a “savant” at something, could play the banjo far better than Johnson did the Bass Fiddle. In the ring however……it’s JJ’s usual schtick - holds and punches Eric into a bloody mess for an eventual stoppage - guns necessarily brandished by attending lawmakers to quell Bean’s protests against the halt. Back to the fight: Eric tries a head butt or two along the way in pure frustration - all the while, Johnson taunts Bean and flashes the golden smile after each and every salvo he bounces off Bean’s shiny head. The racist white folks in attendance are kind of relieved. Sure, they want a rep for their race to regain the HW title - but the Bean? , I mean c’mon man, can we not do better than this? Afterward, Bean claims that someone sprinkled “something” onto the 50 hot dogs he consumed just prior to the fight - causing undue abdominal pains and impairing his performance. Suffice to say, Bean’s claim of foul play gains no traction with the pundits or fans and he retires to see out his days on his beloved, squealing pig farm.
Given the fact that Butterbean had the benefit of modern technique and superior nutrition he should win easily ...